Collocating apparatus



March 15, 1966 s. P. BERKowlTz COLLOCATING APPARATUS Filed March 4, 1964ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,239,940 CGLLOCATING APPARATUSStuart 1. Berkowitz, Franklin Township, Somerset, NJ. (408 Morris Ave.,Elizabeth, NJ.) Filed Mar. 4, 1964, Ser. No. 349,416 Claims. (Cl.S31-484.5)

This invention relates to collocating apparatus and particularly tocollocating apparatus employed in printing processes.

In the preparation of a plate for printing an array of identical images,the usual practice is to make a transparency bearing a single image andthen expose the transparency to different portions of a light sensitizedplate. There has been a problem, however, in accurately positioning theimage bearing transparency with respect to the sensitized plate so thatthe images formed thereon are properly located with respect to the otherimages on the plate and, where multicolor printing is involved, withrespect to complementary images on other plates.

Many devices have been proposed for mechanically locating the imagebearing transparency with respect to the sensitized plate but they allseem to suffer one or more of the following deficiencies:

1) Too complex to be operated by inexperienced personnel;

(2) Too large and bulky to be accommodated within a vacuum frame;

(3) Too expensive to be afforded by the smaller printing shops; or

(4) Too limited in scope to be usable in all situations encountered inprinting jobs.

With respect to the last deficiency, many devices are essentiallyunidirectional in that they `do not permit stepping of the image bearingtransparency in both a horizontal and a vertical direction with equalfacility. As a result, it is often necessary to perform the additionalmeasures of stepping the image bearing transparency with respect to asensitized film, developing the film to `form a multi-image bearingtransparency, and then stepping the multi-image transparency withrespect to the sensitized printing plate. This usually adds both to theexpense and the time required to make up the printing plate and istherefore undesirable.

An object of this invention is to provide a positioning apparatus thatdoes not suffer from any of the above enumerated deficiencies.

A further object of this invention is to provide a positioning apparatusthat permits stepping of the image bearing transparency in both ahorizontal and vertical direction with equal facility.

These and other objects of this invention are achieved in anillustrative embodiment thereof wherein the positioning apparatuscomprises a carrier member having a pair of spaced pins extendingtherefrom for insertion in apertures in an image bearing member. Thecarrier member further includes two aligned groups of equally spacedapertures, and the pairs of corresponding apertures in these groups areadapted to be placed in registration with a pair of spaced apertures ina mounting member. One surface of the mounting member is relieved toaccommodate the carrier member, while the reverse surface has a pair ofspaced pins extending therefrom. The pins are accommodated by alongitudinal row of equally spaced apertures in a first leg of a movablelocating member, and the pins when positioned therein serve to locatethe mounting member and thereby the carrier member in a particularposition along the lengt-h of `the first leg.

A second leg of the movable locating member extends at right angles tothe first leg and is adapted to be positioned against a straight edgeexten-ding along the length of a stationary locating member. The secondleg includes 3,239,940 Patented Mar. 15, 1966 two aligned groups ofequally spaced apertures that extend along the length thereof, and thestationary locating member includes a row of equally spaced aperturesthat extend parallel to the straight edge. The spacing between theapertures in the second leg differ from the spacing of the apertures inthe stationary locating member, and a securing member having a firstpair of pins for insertion in the apertures of the second leg and asecond pair of pins for insertion in the apertures of the stationarylocating member is adapted to locate the movable locating member in oneof a plurality of positions along the length of the stationary locatingmember, which positions vary from one another in increments that aresmaller than the spacing between the apertures in the stationarylocating member.

A complete understanding of the invention and of these and otherfeatures and advantages thereof may be gained from consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing wherein one embodiment of the invention isillustrated. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawingis for the purpose of illustration and description and is not to beconstrued as defining the limits of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the relationship between the variousmembers of the positioning apparatus of this lnvention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. l; and

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. l.

Referring now to the drawing, the invention comprises a stationarylocating member 10 including a perforate portion 12 of a particularthickness and a fiange portion 14 of a lesser thickness. The perforateportion 12 has a straight edge 16 that extends along the length of thestationary locating member 10 and demarcates the perforate portion fromthe flange portion 14. In addition, the perforate portion 12 has a rowof equally spaced and equally sized apertures 18 which row is spacedfrom and extends parallel to the straight edge 16. In one specificembodiment that will be referred to throughout the detaileddescrip-tion, the apertures 18 are each one-eighth of an inch indiameter and the centers of the apertures are one-quarter of an inchapart.

A scale 20 is inscribed on the perforate por-tion 12 between the row ofapertures 18 and the straight edge 16, the scale extending from theextreme left-'hand aperture to the extreme right-hand aperture. Thescale 20 is graduated in sixteenths of an inch, and the graduationsextend from the straight edge 16 to a guide line 22 that extendsparallel to the :straight edge and is located to the straight edge sideof the row of apertures 18, the one-quarter inch graduationscorresponding to the centers of the apertures. The one inch graduationsare advantageously provided with two sets of numbers. The first set ofnumbers (not shown) starts at zero in the center and has plus numbers tothe right and minus numbers to the left, while the second set of numbersstarts at zero at the left and has only plus numbers. In the specificembodiment the row of apertures 1S is thirty-four inches long.

The longitudinal extremity of the flange portion 14 comprises a straightedge 24 that extends parallel to the straight edge 16 of the perforateportion 12, and a scale 26, similar to and in alignment with the scale20 on the perforate portion, irs inscribed along the straight edge 24.The straight edge 24 and scale 26 are used to locate a sensitized plate28 with respect to the stationary locating member 10, a longitudinaledge of the sensitized plate being butted against the straight edge 24and the plate being located in a particular position with respect to thescale 26. Advantageously, the plate 28 is located along the straightedge 24 so that the center of the longitudinal edge of the plate isaligned with the center of the scale 26.

A leg 30 of a movable locating member 32 has a straight edge 34 that isadapted to be positioned against the straight edge 16 of the stationarylocating member 10, the leg 30 being positioned on the flange portion14. The leg 30 has a thickness that is advantageously equal to thedifference in thickness between the perforate portion 12 and the flangepor-tion 14 of the stationary locating member 10, and thus with themovable locating member 32 positioned on the flange portion, the uppersurface of the leg 30 is Hush with the upper surface of the perforateportion. In addition, the leg 30 is of a length so that the straightedge 34 thereof forms a rm bearing against the straight edge 16 of the4stationary locating member 10. In the specific embodiment, the leg 30is fifteen inches long.

Two spaced apart groups of apertures 36 are provided in leg 30 of themovable locating member 32, each group being located adjacent to one ofthe ends of the leg. The apertures 36 are equal in size and lie along aline that is spaced from and extends parallel to the straight edge 34.The apertures 36 in each group are spaced an equal distance apart, whichdistance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from thespacing of the apertures 18 in the stationary locating member 10 by aparticular distance. This particular distance is advantageously equal tothe smallest desirable distance between positions of the movablelocating member 32 along the stationary locating member 10. In thespecific embodiment, the centers of the apertures 36 are ve-sixteenthsof an inch apart, which distance differs from the onequarter inchspacing of the apertures 18 by one-sixteenth of an inch. Advantageously,the apertures 36 in the leg 30 are the same size as the apertures in thestationary locating member 10.

An abbreviated scale 38 is inscribed on the leg 30 to the outside of oneof the groups of apertures 36. The scale 38 consists of a plurality ofgraduations that are equal in number to the apertures 36 in each groupand are spaced the same distance apart as the distance between theapertures, there being an equal distance between each graduation and thecorresponding aperture in the adjacent group. In the specific embodimentthere are four graduations in the scale 38; the graduations ane spacedve-sixteenths of an inch apart; and each graduation is spaced one andone-half linches from the corri..- sponding aperture in the adjacentgroup. The four grad.- uations are indicated on the drawing, from leftto right, as the one-eighth graduation, the one-sixteenth graduation,the zero graduation, and the three-sixteenths graduation. Thesegraduations extend through a guide line 40, the purpose of which ishereinafter explained, to the straight edge 34 of the leg 30.

The zero graduation on the scale 38 serves 4to locate the movablelocating member 32 in a particular position along the length of theperforate por-tion 12 of the stationary locating member 10. A positionis selected by aligning the zero graduation with the desired graduationon the scale of the base portion 10, the straight edge 34 of the leg 30being contiguous with the straight edge 16 of the base portion. Inaddition, all of the graduations on the scale 38 serve to locate amember 42 for securing the movable locating member 32 in the selectedposition with respect to the stationary locating member 10.

The securing member 42 comprises a generally rectangular plate havingtwo pairs of pins 44 and 46 extending from one side thereof. The lowerpair of pins 44 is adapted to be inserted into a spaced apart pair ofthe apertures 18 in the perforate portion 12 of the stationary locatingmember 10, and the upper pair of pins 46 is adapted to be inserted intocorresponding apertures 36 in each of the groups of apertures in the leg30. When the pins are So inserted, the securing member 42 iiXes theposition of the movable locating member 32 with respect to thestationary locating member 10.

The pins 44 and 46 are respectively slightly smaller in size than theapertures 18 and 36, and the centers of the pins 44 are spaced apart amultiple of the `distance Ibetween the centers of correspondingapertures 36 in the groups of apertures. Furthermore, the centers of thepair of pins 44 and the pair of pins 46 lie along parallel lines whichare spaced from one another a distance equal to the distance from thecenters of the apertures 18 to the straight edge 16 plus the distancefrom the centers of the apertures 36 to the straight edge 34. In thespecie embodiment, the centers of the pins 44 are spaced seven inchesapart, the centers of the pins 46 are spaced seven inches apart, and thecenter lines are spaced one and one-quarter inches apart.

The side of the securing member 42 opposite to that `from which the pins44 and 46 extend includes a pair of arrow shaped guide markers 48 and asingle arrow shaped guide marker 50, the guide markers having the pointsthereof at the side edges. The guide markers 48 and 50 are located sothat the points thereof respectively overlie the guide lines 22 and 40when the securing member 42 is mounted with the pins 44 and 46 thereofrespectively positioned in the apertures 13 an-d 36 in the stationaryand movable locating rnem'bers 10 and 32. In addition, a guide edge 52of the securing member 42 is spaced from the adjacent pin 46 the samedistance that the individual graduations on the scale 38 are spaced fromthe corresponding aperture 36 in the adjacent group of apertures. As aresult, when the securing member is mounted on the stationary andmovable locating members 10 and 32, the guide edge 52 ovcrlies one ofthe graduations of the scale 3S.

Thus to mount the securing member 42 on the stationary and movablelocating members 10 and 32, it is only necessary to respectively alignthe guide markers 48 and 5t) with the guide lines 22 and 40 and alignthe guide edge 52 with one of the graduations on the scale 38. Theparticular graduation with which the guide edge 52 is aligned is-determined by the position of the movable locating member 32 withrespect to the stationary locating member 10. If the movable locatingmember 32 is located with the zero graduation of the scale 38 thereonaligned with a one-quarter inch graduation (i.e., one-quarter, onehalf,three-quarters, or one) on the scale 20 of the stationary locatingmember 10, the guide edge 52 is aligned with the zero graduation on thescale 38.

If the movable locating member 32 is located with the zero graduation ofthe scale 38 aligned with a onesixteenth graduation (i.e.,one-sixteenth, tive-sixteenths, nine-sixteenths, andthirteen-sixteenths) on the scale 20, the guide edge 52 is aligned withthe one-sixteenth graduation on the scale 38. If the movable locatingmember 32 is located with the zero graduation of the scale 38 alignedwith a one-eighth graduation (i.e., one-eighth, three-eighths,five-eighths, and seven-eighths), on the scale 20, the guide edge 52 isaligned with the one-eighth graduation on the scale 38. Finally, if themovable locating member 32 is located with the zero graduation of thescale 38 aligned with a three-sixteenths graduation (i.e.,three-sixteenths, seven-sixteenths, eleven-sixteenths, andfteen-s-ixteenths) on the scale 20, the guide edge 52 is aligned withthe three-sixteenths graduation on the scale 38.

A leg 54 of the movable locating member 32 extends at right angles tothe leg 30, and the leg 54 includes a perforate portion 56 of aparticular thickness and a flange portion 48 of a lesser thickness, thecombined thickness of the perforate and flange portions beingadvantageously the same as the combined thickness of the perforate andflange portion 12 and 14 of the stationary locating member 1.0. Theperforate portion 56 has a column of equally spaced and equally sizedapertures 62 extending along the length of the leg 54 and advantageouslythe apertures 6,2l

are the same size as and spaced the same distance apart as the apertures18 in the stationary locating member 1t). In the specific embodiment theapertures 62 are oneeighth of an inch in diameter and are spacedone-quarter of an inch apart.

A scale 64 is inscribed on the perforate portion 56 adjacent to thecolumn of apertures 62. This scale 64 is graduated in sixteenths of aninch and the graduations extend from a guide line 66 that extendsparallel to the column of apertures 62 and is located to one side of theapertures, the one-quarter inch graduations corresponding to centers ofthe apertures. The one inch graduations are advantageously numbered,starting at zero at the bottom and increasing upwardly. In the specificembodiment the scale 64 is twenty-three inches long.

The flange portion 58 of the leg 54 commences a distance above the leg80 equal to the difference between the width of the leg 30 and the widthof the ilange porrtion 14 of the stationary locating member 10, and itextends for a distance above the perforate portion 56. In addition,since the flange portion generally rests on the sensitized plate 28, theiiange portion advantageously extends to both sides of the perforateportion 56 and includes a protective backing 68, such as a thin rubbersheet, that prevents any marring of the surface of the sensitized plate.

A mounting member 70 is adapted to be mounted upon the leg 54, themounting member comprising a generally rectangular plate having a pairof pins 72 extending from one side thereof. The pins 72 are insertedinto a spaced apart pair of the apertures 62 and hence the pins areslightly smaller in size than the apertures and are spaced apart amultiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures. In thespecic embodiment the pins 72 are spaced eight inches apart. The otherside of the mounting member 70 has a pair of arrow shaped guide markers74 and when the mounting member is positioned with the pins 72 thereofinserted into a pair of the apertures 62 in the leg 54, the points ofthe guide markers overlie the guide line 66. In addition, the mountingmember 70 has a guide edge 76 at one end thereof, which edge is spacedfrom the center of the adjacent pin 72 a multiple of the distancelbetween the centers of the apertures 62. Consequently, the guide edge76 overlies one of the one-quarter inch graduations (Le. one-quarter,`one-half, three-quarters, or one) on the `scale 64 when the mountingmember 70 is positioned with the pins 72 in the apertures 62. The sideof the mounting member 70 having the guide markers 74 also has arelieved por tion 78 of reduced thickness having a pair of spacedapertures 80 therein, `the apertures being spaced a multiple of thedistance between the centers of the aperture 62. In the specificembodiment the guide edge 76 is spaced one-half inch from the center ofthe adjacent pin 72 and the apertures 80 are spaced eight inches apart.

The relieved portion 78 of the mounting member 70 is adapted toaccommodate a carrier 82 having a thickness equal to the difference inthickness between the relieved portion and the remainder of the mountingmember, and hence when Ithe carrier is positioned on the relievedportion its upper surface is flush with the remainder of the mountingmember. The carrier 82 has a pair of spaced pins 84 protruding from thesurface thereof and the pins are adapted to be inserted intocorrespondingly spaced and sized apertures in an image bearing member86, whereby the image bearing member is secured to the carrier. Theimage bearing member 86 has mounted thereon a transparency 88 that is tobe exposed to the sensitized plate 28. Although not shown, the carrier8.2 may be an L-shaped member having right angle legs in which case itwould have a pin 84 at the extremity of each leg and one at the apex,and the image bearing member 86 would accordingly be provided with threecorrespondingly spaced apertures. The carrier 82 also has two spacedapart groups of apertures 90 therein, and the apertures are equal insize and lie along a common -l-ine. In addition, the apertures 90 arespaced an equal distance apart in each group and this distance differsfrom the spacing of the apertures 62 in the leg 54 by a particulardistance. This particular distance, which is advantageously the same asthe difference between the spacing of the apertures 18 in the stationarylocating member 10 and the apertures 36 in the movable locating member32, is equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions ofcarrier 82 along the leg 54 of the movable locating member. In thespecic embodiment, the centers of the apertures 90 are ve-sixteenths ofan inch apart and this `distance differs from the one-quarter inchspacing of the apertures 62 by onesixteenth of an inch.

The apertures 98 are the same size as the apertures 80 in the mountingmember 70, and the corresponding apertures 90 in each group are spacedthe same distance apart as the apertures 80. Thus the carrier 82 ispositionable on the mounting member 70 with a pair of the apertures 90in registration with the apertures 80, and when so positioned a pair ofpins 92 slightly smaller in diameter than the apertures is insertabletherein to secure the carrier to the mounting member. The correspondingpairs of apertures 90 are identied by a legend 94, which is inscribedadjacent to one of the groups of apertures, as the zero, one-sixteenth,one-eighth, and three-sixteenths apertures, reading from top to bottom,and although not shown adjacent to the latter three legends minusfivesixteenths, minus ve-eighths, and minus ffteen-sixteenths arerespectively inscribed.

The particular pair of apertures 90 in the carrier 8-2 that is placed inregistration with the apertures in the mounting member 70 is determinedby the desired location of the transparency 88 along the length of theleg 54 of the movable locating member 32. If the transparency 88 is tobe located at a zero position (i.e., onequarter, one-half,three-quarters, or one), such as one at one and one-half inches, thenthe zero pair of apertures are secured in registration with theapertures 80, and the mounting member 70 is mounted on the leg 54 withthe guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired location onthe scale 64 on the leg 54, that is, in alignment with the one andone-half inch graduation.

If the transparency 88 is to be located at a one-sixteenth of an inchposition (i.e., one-sixteenth, ve-sixteenths, nine-sixteenths, orthirteen-sixteenths), such as at one and nine-sixteenths inches, thenthe one-sixteenth pair of apertures 90 are secured in registration withthe apertures 80, and the mounting member 70 is mounted on the leg 54with the guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired locationminus the five-sixteenths of an inch indicated, that is, in alignmentwith the one and one-quarter inch graduation.

If the transparency 88 is to be located at a one-eighth of an inchposition (i.e., one-eighth, three-eighths, fiveeighths, orseven-eighths), such as at one and five-eighths inches, then theone-eighth pair of apertures 90 are secured in registration With theapertures 80 and the mounting member 70 is positioned on the leg 54 withthe guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired locationminus the ve-eighths of an inch indicated, that is, in alignment withthe one inch graduation.

Finally, if the transparency 88 is to be located at a three-sixteenthsof an inch position (i.e., three-sixteenths, seven-sixteenths,elevensixteenths, or iifteen-sixteenths), such as at one andeleven-sixteenths inches, then the threesixteenths pair of apertures 90are secured in registration with the apertures 80 and the mountingmember is positioned on the leg 54 with the guide edge 76 positioned inalignment with the desired location minus the fifteensixteenths of aninch indicated, that is, in alignment with the three-quarters of an inchgraduation.

In the operation of the locating apparatus, the carrier 82 with theimage bearing member S6 mounted thereon is secured to the mountingmember 70, and the mounting member is mounted in a particular positionon the leg 54 of the movable locating member 32. The movable locatingmember 32 is then stepped along the length of the stationary locatingmember 10, the transparency 88 being exposed to an individual portion ofthe sensitized plate 28 in each position. Conversely, the leg 30 of themovable locating member 32 is secured in a particular position along thelength of the stationary locating member 10 and the mounting member 70and carrier 82 are stepped along the length of the leg S4 of the movablelocating member. It is seen that the image bearing member 86 may bemoved in a horizontal or vertical direction with equal facility.

While this invention is described in the context of locating an imagebearing transparency with respect to a sensitized plate, its usefulnessis not limited thereto. It is to be expressly understood that thisinvention may be employed in other types of layout and alignment work.

What is claimed is:

1. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member including a perforate portion of aparticular thickness and a iiange portion of a lesser thickness, theperforate portion having a straight edge extending along the lengththereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spacedfrom and extending parallel to the straight edge, the perforate portionfurther having a scale and a guide line inscribed thereon intermediatethe row of apertures and the straight edge, the fiange portion having astraight edge extending parallel to the straight edge of the perforateportion and having a scale similar to and in alignment with the scale onthe perforate portion;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a rst ofthe right angle legs being equal in thickness to the difference betweenthe flange portion and the perforate portion of the stationary locatingmember and being adapted to being positioned on the flange portion, thefirst leg having a straight edge adapted to 'be positioned against thestraight edge of the perforate portion, the first leg further having twoaligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in both groups beingequal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equaldistance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and whichdistance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the perforateportion of the stationary locating member, the difference being equal tothe smallest desirable distance between positions of the movablelocating member along the stationary locating member, the first legfurther having a scale and a guide line inscribed thereon, the scalehaving a plurality of graduations spaced the same distance apart as thedistance between the apertures, the second of the right angle legshaving a perforate portion and a ange portion, the combined thickness ofthe perforate and fiange portions being substantially the same as thecombined thickness of the perforate and fiange portions of thestationary locating member, the perforate portion of the second leghaving a column of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof,the apertures being equal in size and spaced an equal distance apart,the perforate portion further having a scale and a guide line inscribedthereon adjacent to the column of apertures, the ange portion having aprotective backing;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extendingfrom one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart amultiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in theperforate portion of the stationary locating member, the second pair ofpins being spaced apart the distance between the centers ofcorresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg ofthe movable locating member, the centers of the first and the secondpair of pins lying along parallel lines which are spaced from oneanother a distance equal to the distance from the centers of theapertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member tothe straight edge thereof plus the distance from the centers of theapertures in the first leg of the movable locating member to thestraight edge thereof, the other side of the securing member having aplurality of arrow shaped guide markers the points of which are adaptedto be aligned with the guide lines on the perforate portion of thestationary locating member and the first leg of the movable locatingmember, the other side of the securing member further having a guideedge adapted to be aligned with the graduations on the first leg of themovable locating member;

mounting member having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof,the pins being adapted to be inserted in t-he apertures in the secondleg of the movable locating member, the other side of the mountingmember having a received portion of reduced thickness, the relievedportion having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the apertures and pinbeing spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of theapertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the otherside of the mounting member further having arrow shaped guide markersthe points of which are adapted to be aligned with the guide line on thesecond leg, the other side of the mounting member further having a guideedge: adapted to be aligned with a graduation on the scale of the secondleg;

carrier member adapted to be positioned on the relieved portion of themounting member, and being of a thickness such that when so positionedit is iiush with the surface of the now relieved portion, the carriermember having two aligned groups of apertures, the apertures in bothgroups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced anequal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups, andwhich distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in thesecond leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirabledistance between the positions of the carrier member along the secondleg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures inthe groups of apertures being the same as the distance between thecenters of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures inthe carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mountingmember; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the meanscomprising a pair of pins sllghtly smaller than the apertures in thecarrier member and the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member including a perforate portion of a particularthickness and a fiange portion of a lesser thickness, the perforateportion having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and arow of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spaced from andextending parallel to the straight edge, the perforate portion furtherhaving a scale inscribed thereon, the flange portion having a straightedge extending parallel to the straight edge of the perforate portionand having a scale similar to and in alignment with the scale on theperforate portion;

movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first ofthe right angle legs being equal in thickness to the difference betweenthe ange portion and the perforate portion of the stationary locatingmember and being adapted to being positioned on the ange portion, therst leg having a straight edge adapted to be positioned against thestraight edge of the perforate portion, the first leg further having twoaligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in b-oth groups beingequal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equaldistance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and whichdistance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the perforateportion of the stationary locating member, the difference being equal tothe smallest desirable distance between positions of the movablelocating member along the stationary locating member, the first legfurther having a scale inscribed thereon, the scale having a pluralityof graduatons spaced the same distance apart as the distance between theapertures, the second of the right angle legs having a perforate portionand a flange portion, the combined thickness of the perforate and flangeportions 4being substantially the same as the combined thickness of theperforate and flange portions of the stationary locating member, theperforate portion of the second leg having a column of aligned aperturesspaced along the length thereof, the apertures b eing equal in size andspaced an equal distance apart, the perforate portion further having ascale inscribed thereon;

securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending fromone side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multipleof the distance between the centers of the apertures in the perforateportion of the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins beingspaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding aperturesin the groups of apertures in the rst leg of the movable locatingmember, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying alongparallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to thedistance from the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion ofthe stationary locating member to the straight edge thereof plus thedistance from the centers of the apertures in the rst leg of the movablelocating member to the straight edge thereof, the other side of thesecuring member having a guide edge adapted to be aligned with thegraduations on the first leg of the movable locating member;

mounting member having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof,the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second legof the movable locating member, the other side of the mounting memberhaving a relieved portion of reduced thickness, the relieved portionhaving a pair of spaced apertures therein, the apertures and pins beingspaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of theapertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the otherside of the mounting member further having a guide edgey adapted to bealigned with a graduation on the scale of the second leg;

carrier member adapted to be positioned on the relieved portion of themounting member, and being of a thickness such that when so positionedit is l0 tures being the same as the distance between the centers of theapertures in the mounting member, and the apertures in the carriermember being the same size as the apertures in the mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the meanscomprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in the apertures inthe carrier member and the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member including a perforate portion and a flangeportion, the perforate portion having a straight edge extending alongthe length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sizedapertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge, theperforate portion further having a scale inscribed thereon, the flangeportion having a straight edge extending parallel to the straight edgeof the perforate portion and having a scale similar to and in alignmentwith the scale on the perforate portion;

movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first ofthe right angle legs being adapted to being positioned on the angeportion, the first leg having a straight edge adapted to be positionedagainst the straight edge of the perforate portion, the first legfurther having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures inboth groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group beingspaced an equal distance apart, which distance is the same for bothgroups and which distance differs from the spacing between the aperturesin the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, thedifference being equal to the smallest desirable distance betweenpositions of the movable locating member along the stationary locatingmember, the first leg further having a scale inscribed thereon, thescale having a plurality of graduations spaced the same distance apartas the distance between the apertures, the second of the right anglelegs having a perforate portion and a flange portion, the perforateportion of the second leg having a colu-mn of aligned apertures spacedalong the length thereof, the apertures being equal in size and spacedan equal distance apart, the perforate portion further having a scaleinscribed thereon;

securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending fromone side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multipleof the distance between the centers of the apertures in the perforateportion of the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins beingspaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding aperturesin the groups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locatingmember, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying alongparallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to thedistance from the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion ofthe stationary locating member to the straight edge thereof plus thedistance from the centers of the apertures in the first leg of themovable locating member to the straight edge thereof, the securingmember further having a guide edge adapted to be aligned with thegraduations on the first leg of the movable locating member; mountingmember having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the mounting memberfurther having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the pinsbeing adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second leg of themovable locating member, the apertures and pins being spaced apart amultiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in thesecond leg of the Amovable locating member, the mounting member furtherhaving a guide edge adapted to be aligned with a graduation on the scaleof the second leg;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the aperturesin both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group 4beingspaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for bothgroups, and which distance differs from the spacing between theapertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallestdesirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along thesecond leg, the distance between the centers of the correspondingapertures in the groups of apertures being the same as the distancebetween the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and theapertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures inthe mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the meanscomprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in the apertures inthe carrier member and the mounting member.

4. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member including a perforate portion and a angeportion, the perforate portion having a straight edge extending alongthe length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sizedapertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge, theflange portion having a straight edge extending parallel to the straightedge of the perforate portion;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a firstof the right angle legs being adapted to being positioned on the angeportion, the first leg having a straight edge adapted to be positionedagainst the straight edge of the perforate portion, the first legfurther having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures inboth groups -being equal in size, the apertures in each group beingspaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for bothgroups and which distance differs from the spacing between the aperturesin the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, thedifference being equal to the smallest desirable distance betweenpositions of the movable locating member along the stationary locatingmember, the second of the right angle legs having a perforate portionand a flange portion, the perforate portion of the second leg having acolumn of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, theapertures being equal in size and spaced an equal distance apart;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extendingfrom one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart amultiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in theperforate portion of the stationary locating member, the sec- -ond pairof pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers ofcorresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg ofthe movable locating member, the centers of the first and the secondpair of pins lying along parallel lines which are spaced from oneanother a distance equal to the distance from the centers of theapertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member tothe straight edge thereof plus the distance from the centers of theapertures in the first leg of the movable locating member to thestraight edge thereof;

a mounting member having a pair of spaced apertures therein, themounting member further having a pair of pins extending from one sidethereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in thesecond leg of the movable locating member, the apertures and pins beingspaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of theapertures in the second leg of the movable locating member;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the aperturesin both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group beingspaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for bothgroups, and which distance differs from the spacing between theapertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallestdesirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along thesecond leg, the distance between the centers of the correspondingapertures in the groups of apertures being the same as the distancebetween the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and theapertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures inthe mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the meanscomprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in the apertures inthe carrier member and the mounting member.

5. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along thelength thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized aperturesspaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a firstof the right angle legs having a straight edge adapted to be positionedagainst the straight edge of the stationary locating member, the firstleg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, theapertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in eachgroup being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the samefor both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between theapertures in the stationary locating member, the difference being equalto the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movablelocating member along the stationary locating member, the second of theright angle legs having a column of aligned apertures spaced along thelength thereof, the apertures being equal in size yand spaced an equaldistance apart;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extendingfrom one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart amultiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in thestationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apartthe distance between the centers of corresponding apertures in thegroups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member, thecenters of the first and the second pair of pins lying along parallellines;

a mounting member having a pair of spaced apertures therein, themounting member further having a pair of pins extending from one sidethereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in thesecond leg of the movable locating member, the apertures and pins beingspaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of theapertures in the second leg of the movable locating member;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the aperturesin both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group beingspaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for bothgroups and which distance differs from the spacing between the aperturesin the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirabledistance between the positions of the carrier member along the secondleg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures inthe groups of apertures being the same as the distance between thecenters of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures inthe carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mountingmember; and

-13 t means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, themeans comprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in theapertures in the carrier member and the mounting member.

- 6. Acollocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along thelength thereof anda row of equally spaced apertures spaced from theextending parallel to the straight edge;

a moving locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a firstof the right angle legs having Ia straight edge adapted to be positionedagainst the straight edge of the stationary locating member, the firstleg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, theapertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart, whichdistance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from thespacing between the apertures in the stationary locating member, thedifference being equal to the smallest desirable distance betweenpositions of the movable locating member along the stationary locatingmember, the second of the right angle legs having a column of alignedapertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being spaced anequal distance apart;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extendingfrom one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart amultiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in thestationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apartthe distance between the centers of corresponding 'apertures in thegroups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member;

a mounting member having a pair of spaced apertures therein, themounting member further having a pair of pins extending from one sidethereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in thesecond leg of the movable locating member, the Iapertures and pins beingspaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of theapertures in the second leg of the movable member;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the aperturesin each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is thesame for both groups, and which distance differs from the spacingbetween the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal tothe smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carriermember along the second leg, the distance between the centers of thecorresponding apertures in the groups of Iapertures being the same asthe distance between the centers of the apertures in the mountingmember; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the meanscomprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in the apertures inthe carrier member and the mounting member.

7. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along thelength thereof and a row of equally spaced apertures aligned with andspaced from the straight edge;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a firstof the right angle legs being adapted to be positioned against thestraight edge of the stationary locating member, the first leg furtherhaving a plurality of apertures spaced along the length thereof, theapertures being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance differsfrom the spacing between the apertures in `the stationary locatingmember, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distancebetween positions of the movable locating member along the stationarylocating member, the second of the right angle legs having a column ofaligned apertures equally spaced along the length thereof;

a securing member having a first and a second plurality of pinsextending from one side thereof, the first plurality of pins beingadapted to be inserted in the apertures in the stationary locatingmember, the second plurality of pins being adapted to be inserted in theapertures in the first leg of the movable locating member;

a mounting member having a plurality of spaced apertures therein, themounting member further having a plurality of pins extending from oneside thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures inthe second leg of the movable locating member;

carrier member having a plurality of apertures, the apertures beingspaced an equal distance apart, which distance differs from the spacingbetween the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal tothe smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carriermember along the second leg, individual ones of the apertures beingadapted to be positioned in registration with individual apertures inthe mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along thelength thereof and a row of apertures aligned with and spaced from thestraight edge;

movable locating member having a pair of right angle legs, a first ofwhich is adapted `to be positioned against the straight edge of thestationary locating member and both of which have a plurality 4ofapertures therein spaced along the length thereof; securing memberhaving a first and a second pair of spaced pins, the first pair beingadapted to be inserted in the apertures in the stationary locatingmember and the second pair being adapted to be inserted in the aperturesin the movable locating member, the pins when so inserted fixing theposition of the movable locating member with respect to the stationaryloc-ating member;

mounting member having a pair of spaced pins extending therefrom adaptedto be inserted in the apertures in the other rig-ht angle leg of themovable locating member to locate the mounting member in a particularposition along the length of the other right angle leg, the mountingmember further having a pair of spaced apertures therein;

carrier member having a pair of apertures adapted to be placed inregistration with the apertures in the mounting member and pins adaptedto be positioned within the apertures in a member to be carried by thecarrier member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member having a straight edge and a plurality ofapertures aligned with the straight edge;

movable locating member having a pair of legs, a first of which isadapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the stationarylocating member and both of which have a plurality of apertures therein;

a securing member having spaced pins extending therefrom for insertionin the apertures in the stationary locating member and in the aperturesin the first leg of the movable locating member to locate the movablelocating member in a particular position along the length of thestationary locating member;

mounting member having spaced pins extending therefrom for insertion inthe apertures of the other leg of the movable locating member to locatethe mounting member in a particular position along the length of theother leg, the mounting member further having a plurality of aperturestherein;

carrier member having apertures adapted to be placed in registrationwith the apertures in the mounting member and pins adapted to bepositioned within apertures in a member to be carried by the carriermember; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mount ing member.

10. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member having a plurality of apertures spaced alongthe length thereof;

movable locating member having a pair of legs, each of which have aplurality of apertures spaced along the length thereof;

means accommodated by the apertures in the stationa carrier memberhaving a plurality of `apertures spaced along the length thereof; and

means accommodated by the apertures in the carrier References Cited bythe Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 548,533 10/1895 Foster 33-l84.61,665,842 4/1928 Brunings 33-l84.5 2,131,323 9/1938 Huebner 33-184.5 X2,452,544 11/1948 Brodie 33-1 2,565,608 8/1951 Hoff 33-1'89 X 2,711,0315/1955 Kessler 33-180 2,825,142 3/1958 Johnson 33-184.5 2,825,976 3/1958Radencic 33-184.5 2,983,049 5/1961 Andrisani 33t- 184.5 3,165,834 1/1965Benton 33-174 X ISAAC LISANN, Primary Examiner.

10. A COLLOCATING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A STATIONARY LOCATING MEMBERHAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; AMOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER HAVING APAIR OF LEGS, EACH OF WHICH HAVE APLURALITY OF APERTURES SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; MEANSACCOMMODATED BY THE APERTURES IN THE STATIONARY LOCATING MEMBER AND AFIRST OF THE LEGS OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER FOR SECURING THE FIRSTLEG OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER IN DISCRETE POSITIONS ALONG THELENGTH OF THE STATIONARY LOCATING MEMBER; A CARRIER MEMBER HAVING APLURALITY OF APERTURES SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; AND MEANSACCOMMODATED BY THE APERTURES IN THE CARRIER MEMBER AND THE SECOND LEGOF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER FOR SECURING THE CARRIER MEMBER INDISCRETE POSITIONS OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER ALONG THE LENGTH OFTHE SECOND LEG.